Balochistan: Pakistani force murder three Baloch in cold-blood

QUETTA: At least three Baloch prisoners were killed in cold blood by Pakistan Police and other security forces and their bodies were found in the Kanak area of Mastung district, Balochistan, on Tuesday.

According to detail the victims Shafqat Rodini and Ibrahim Nechari were arrested four months ago near Quetta at a security forces checkpoint.

The men were kept incommunicado until 1, September, 2015 when the Pakistani minister Sarfaraz Bugti paraded them on National TV and alleged that they belong to a Baloch militant organisation and were wanted for several cases.

The Police and intelligence agencies later coerced Shafqat Rodini to record a short video confession where he is shown as accepting crimes that he did not commit.

The duo were present before a court twice but the police could not bring any evidence against them. Their next hearing was due on 28 October, 2015 but the Pakistani police, intelligence agencies and other security force have killed the two men and another prisoner in custody.

On Tuesday evening the police claimed that the men were killed in a shootout.

The Baloch pro-freedom political activists have downplayed the police’s claims and said that the all the three men Shafqat Rodini, Ibrahim Nechari and Abdul Qadir were murdered in custody.

The Baloch pro-liberation activists are also charge that Sarfaraz Bugti and the rest of the member of Balochistan Assembly are complicit in the murder of  Baloch activists who are killed in custody of Pakistani security forces.

It is worth mentioning here that Pakistan security forces have lately changed their kill and dump policy to staged encounters where they dump the bodies of previously abducted Baloch and claim that they were killed during shoot-outs with security forces.